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Voices of the people / Joseph Bruchac ; [editor/curator, Wiley Blevins].

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York, NY : Reycraft Books, 2022Edition: First editionDescription: 1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 32 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781478875161
  • 147887516X
  • 9781478875154
  • 1478875151
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
Introduction -- About the art -- 1. The Peacemaker -- 2. Jikonsahseh -- 3. Malintzin / La Malinche -- 4. Pocahontas -- 5. Tisquantum -- 6. Po'pay -- 7. Kateri Tekakwitha -- 8. Pontiac / Obwandiyag -- 9. Samson Occum -- 10. Ganio-Dai-Yo / Handsome Lake -- 11. Nancy Ward / Nanyehi -- 12. Sacajawea -- 13. Sequoyah -- 14. Ely Parker Donehogawa -- 15. Geronmio / Goyathlay -- 16. Standing Bear / Ma-Chu-Na-Zhe -- 17. Sitting Bull / Ttanka Iyotake --18. Crazy Horse / Tashunka Witco -- 19. Buffalo Calf Road Woman -- 20. Quanah Parker -- 21. Chief Joseph / In-Mut-Too-Yah-Lat-Lat -- 22. Lozen -- 23. Sarah Winnemucca / Thocmetony -- 24. Wovoka -- 25. Charles Alexander Eastman / Ohiyesa -- 26. Susan La Flesche -- 27. Elizabeth Burton "Lyda" Conley -- 28. Gertrude Simmons / Zitkala-Sa -- 29. Jim Thorpe -- 30. Gladys Tantaquidgeon -- 31. Elizabeth Wanamaker Peratrovich -- 32. Maria Tallchief -- 33. Chester Nez -- 34. Wilma Mankiller
Awards:
  • Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection
  • School Library Journal Best Poetry Books 2022
Summary: "Through poems that capture the essence of each person's life, acclaimed Native American writer Joseph Bruchac introduces readers to famous indigenous leaders from The Peacemaker in 1000 A.D. to modern day dancer Maria Tallchief and Cherokee chief Wilma Mankiller. Each poem is illustrated by a modern-day tribally enrolled artist."-- Front jacket flap.
List(s) this item appears in: Native Ways of Knowing Indigenous Books
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Children's Book Children's Book Dr. James Carlson Library Children's NonFiction 973.0497 B887 Available 33111011052582
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's NonFiction 973.0497 B887 Available 33111011266240
Children's Book Children's Book Northport Library Children's NonFiction 973.0497 B887 Available 33111009471851
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

DEVELOPMENT: Voices of the People Trade Book (Hardcover)

9-12 Reycraft Books.

Introduction -- About the art -- 1. The Peacemaker -- 2. Jikonsahseh -- 3. Malintzin / La Malinche -- 4. Pocahontas -- 5. Tisquantum -- 6. Po'pay -- 7. Kateri Tekakwitha -- 8. Pontiac / Obwandiyag -- 9. Samson Occum -- 10. Ganio-Dai-Yo / Handsome Lake -- 11. Nancy Ward / Nanyehi -- 12. Sacajawea -- 13. Sequoyah -- 14. Ely Parker Donehogawa -- 15. Geronmio / Goyathlay -- 16. Standing Bear / Ma-Chu-Na-Zhe -- 17. Sitting Bull / Ttanka Iyotake --18. Crazy Horse / Tashunka Witco -- 19. Buffalo Calf Road Woman -- 20. Quanah Parker -- 21. Chief Joseph / In-Mut-Too-Yah-Lat-Lat -- 22. Lozen -- 23. Sarah Winnemucca / Thocmetony -- 24. Wovoka -- 25. Charles Alexander Eastman / Ohiyesa -- 26. Susan La Flesche -- 27. Elizabeth Burton "Lyda" Conley -- 28. Gertrude Simmons / Zitkala-Sa -- 29. Jim Thorpe -- 30. Gladys Tantaquidgeon -- 31. Elizabeth Wanamaker Peratrovich -- 32. Maria Tallchief -- 33. Chester Nez -- 34. Wilma Mankiller

"Through poems that capture the essence of each person's life, acclaimed Native American writer Joseph Bruchac introduces readers to famous indigenous leaders from The Peacemaker in 1000 A.D. to modern day dancer Maria Tallchief and Cherokee chief Wilma Mankiller. Each poem is illustrated by a modern-day tribally enrolled artist."-- Front jacket flap.

Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection

School Library Journal Best Poetry Books 2022

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